Offspring Cuts Into Silkk’s New Release

Silkk the Shocker’s “Made Man” debuted at No. 1 nationally last week, but on the Southern California chart the New Orleans rapper got stuck behind a six-album blockade topped by the unflagging Offspring album. Meantime, the median age of the performers on the singles chart was lowered with the appearance of new entries by Monica and the Backstreet Boys.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Americana, the Offspring (4) 3 2 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill (6) 2 3 #1’s, Mariah Carey (14) 5 4 14:59, Sugar Ray (25) 1 5 Greatest Hits, 2Pac (8) 4 6 ... Baby One More Time, Britney Spears (3) 8 7 Made Man, Silkk the Shocker (1) -- 8 ‘N Sync, ‘N Sync (5) 6 9 Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood, DMX (7) 9 10 Spirit, Jewel (15) 10

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 ... Baby One More Time, Britney Spears (1) 1 2 Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here, Deborah Cox (3) 2 3 Angel of Mine, Monica (2) -- 4 Ghetto Cowboy, Mo Thugs Family (8) 4 5 I’m Your Angel, R. Kelly & Celine Dion (7) 5 6 Have You Ever, Brandy (6) 3 7 All I Have to Give, Backstreet Boys (5) -- 8 Believe, Cher (14) 6 9 When You Believe, Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey (9) 9 10 Goodbye, Spice Girls (13) 8

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Jan. 24